Softball Game Preview: Levelland Lobos vs. Estacado Matadors

By Team Reports Apr 9, 2024, 2:23am

Softball Preview: Levelland Lobos vs. Estacado Matadors

Levelland is 10-0 against Estacado since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Levelland Lobos will head out on the road to challenge the Estacado Matadors at 5:00 p.m. Levelland is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.

Last Friday, it was close, but Levelland sidestepped Sweetwater for a 9-8 victory.

Angelica Gonzalez was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 5-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Saydi Mendez, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.

Meanwhile, Estacado got themselves on the board against Lake View on Friday, but Lake View never followed suit. Everything went their way against the Chiefs as they made off with a 14-0 win. 14 seems to be a good number for Estacado as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Levelland is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 18-11 record this season. As for Estacado, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-18.

Levelland took their victory against Estacado in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 14-4. The rematch might be a little tougher for Levelland since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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